A DELIGHTED wife has spoken of her family’s joy after her missing husband returned home.

Thomas Hall disappeared from his home in Newcastle on Friday after a row. The grandfather-of-six, who suffers from depression, left the house on Nichol Court in Benwell at around 8am.

His family made a heart-felt appeal in the Chronicle on Saturday for Thomas to return home and later that day he made contact with them, just in time for the family to spend the bank holiday weekend together.

The 51-year-old, who has three children, had never gone missing before.

Anne, 50, has been married to Thomas for 32 years. She spoke of her emotions at seeing her husband again.

She said: “It was such a relief because I had really been fearing the worst. I was just so pleased he had come home I gave him a big hug.

“He rang up first of all and he didn’t even know he had been missed. He had just been around, I’m not sure where exactly. He was just walking about.

“It was just so good to see him. All the family were delighted, it was so emotional. We were all worried sick about him.”

Thomas’s family, including daughters Vicky, 32, Charlotte, 30, and Danielle, 27, had been out searching for him.

Anne added: “We all spent the bank holiday out and about together, it was so lovely.

“I would like to thank the police for their help and also everyone else who has been so supportive towards us.”

On Saturday Anne told the Chronicle of her pain when she realised her husband had gone missing.

She said: “We are devastated. We can’t help thinking the worst.

“He has mental health problems, and we had an argument about his drinking and he said he was going.

“He said he was going to ‘fix it’, so I’m thinking the worst now. Everybody is missing him. The grand-kids keep asking for him.

“He is a lovely, lovely man. He has been a lovely husband to me and a lovely father. His grandchildren idolise him.